Analysis of Just Listen

Belinda Richmond 1979 (Chicago)



“Don’t Speak!”  “Just Listen!”
Listen to the Sounds that are Around You,
Listen to the Wind that Blows through the Trees,
Listen to the Buzzing of the Bees,
Listen to the Chirping of the Birds,
Listen to the Speaking of these Words.

Did you take the time out to Just Listen?

Listen to the Singing of the Chorus,
Listen to the Wild Animals in the Forrest,
Listen to All the Voices of Chatter,
Listen to the Rambling Noise of Clatter.

Did you take the time out to Just Listen?

Listen to the Wind Blowing in the Trees,
Listen to that Person that Just Sneezed,
Listen to the Water Waves Crashing Around,
Listen to All of the Wonderful Sounds.

Did you take the time out to Just Listen?

“Don’t Speak!”  “Just Listen!”
If You Don’t You Might Miss Out
Of the noise of clatter, screams and shouts
If You talk you will not Hear
The noise around you in your Ear

“Don’t Speak!”  “Just Listen!”
Listen to the Speaker on the Stand,
Listen to the Loud and Annoying Band,
Listen to the People Scream and Yell,
Listen to the Ringing of the Bell.

DID YOU TAKE THE TIME OUT TO JUST LISTEN?


Scheme Axbbcc A xxdd A bxxx A Axxee Affgg A
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 1010111011 1010111101 101010101 101010101 101010111 1110111110 1010101010 101011000010 1011010110 1010101110 1110111110 1010110001 101110111 10101011001 1011101001 1110111110 11110 1111111 101110101 1111111 01011011 11110 101010101 1010100101 101010101 101010101 1110111110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,110
Words 235
Sentences 14
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 6, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 5, 5, 1
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Written on May 24, 2022

Submitted by belindar.65825 on May 24, 2022

Modified on April 07, 2023

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